{"id":378116,"date":"2021-03-06T21:10:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T05:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=378116"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:41:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:41:19","slug":"pros-react-after-aljamain-sterling-defeats-petr-yan-via-dq-at-ufc-259","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/pros-react-after-aljamain-sterling-defeats-petr-yan-via-dq-at-ufc-259\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros react after Aljamain Sterling defeats Petr Yan via DQ at UFC 259"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight&#8217;s UFC 259 event featured a men&#8217;s bantamweight title fight as Petr Yan looked to earn his first career title defense against Aljamain Sterling.<\/p>\n<p>Yan (15-2 MMA) had captured the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promotions<\/a> vacant bantamweight title at UFC 251 after scoring a fifth round TKO victory over MMA legend Jose Aldo. That win had marked the Russian&#8217;s tenth in a row and seventh straight under the UFC banner.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Aljamain Sterling (20-3 MMA) entered tonight&#8217;s UFC 259 event on five-fight win streak, his latest being a first round submission victory over top contender Cory Sandhagen at UFC 250. &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/aljamain-sterling-critical-of-petr-yans-previous-wins-plans-to-prove-the-russian-was-a-paper-champ-this-entire-time\/\">Funkmaster<\/a>&#8216; had last tasted defeat in December of 2017 when he was starched by Marlon Moraes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-377862\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Petr-Yan-Aljamain-Sterling-1.jpg\" alt=\"Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Petr-Yan-Aljamain-Sterling-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Petr-Yan-Aljamain-Sterling-1-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s UFC 259 men&#8217;s bantamweight title fight proved to be a wild back and forth affair. After a good opening round from Aljamain Sterling, Petr Yan began to turn the tide in his favor in round two. The Russian champion appeared to be on route to a finish but then landed an illegal knee on &#8216;Funkmaster&#8217; in Round 4 which unfortunately spelled an end to the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Official UFC 259 Result: Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling ruled a DQ (illegal knee from Yan)<\/p>\n<p>Check out how the pros reacted to Sterling defeating Yan via DQ below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m feeling it&#8230;..<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndNew<\/a> for my brotha <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@funkmasterMMA<\/a> !!! LETS GOOOO!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC259?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC259<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WonderboyMMA\/status\/1368417298105720833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatianaufc\/status\/1368416814024204291<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeChandlerMMA\/status\/1368418108868820993<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"sl\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s go Aljo !<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisweidman\/status\/1368418353216421888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"sl\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s go Aljo!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1368419253997608961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dis gon b gooooooood. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC259?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC259<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@funkmasterMMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trailblaze2top\/status\/1368419500836655105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is crazy right now!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC259?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC259<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanJouban\/status\/1368421653638643713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What an awesome first round!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Funky (@Benaskren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benaskren\/status\/1368421598517026817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a pace!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc259?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc259<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexvolkanovski\/status\/1368423117345882114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I feel like Aljo needs to be careful for a counter after that spinning elbow. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC259?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC259<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatianaufc\/status\/1368423937844023299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yan seems to have the body of the fight in his control. Aljo might have to start thinking about finding something big! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC259?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC259<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanJouban\/status\/1368424664179957761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Them Russians minds don\u2019t break. So composed. Maybe Yan isn\u2019t Russian but close enough<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlatinumPerry\/status\/1368424921035116544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a amazing fight! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC259?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC259<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Heinisch (@ianheinischmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianheinischmma\/status\/1368423277526409218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reactions after the illegal knee landed by Petr Yan on Aljamain Sterling:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/1368426357546389510<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Take the win <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@funkmasterMMA<\/a> !!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlatinumPerry\/status\/1368426783347982336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is he gonna take it?!?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DomReyes\/status\/1368426063865389057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heres the thing you cant stall the fight by sitting on your knees. Knees to a grounded opponent should be allowed!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MightyMouse\/status\/1368426811214864395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He better not take that belt with him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cody_Nolove\/status\/1368427002672259075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see an immediate rematch between Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling following tonight&#8217;s controversial ending at UFC 259? 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